Adaptive Design of Cross-Organizational Business Processes Using a Model-Driven Architecture

Use of Business Models within Model Driven Architecture Model Driven Architecture is a framework dedicated for development of large and complex computer systems. It states and implements the principle of architectural separation of concerns. This means that a system can be modeled from three different but related to each other viewpoints. The viewpoint discussed in this paper is a Computation Independent one. MDA specification states that a model that shows a system from this viewpoint is a business model. Taking into account transformations foreseen by MDA, it should be useful for automation of software development processes. This paper discusses an essence of the Computation Independent Model (CIM) and the place of business models in the computation independent modeling. This paper considers four types of business models, namely, SBVR, BPMN, use cases and Topological Functioning Model (TFM). Business persons use SBVR to define business vocabularies and business rules of the existing and planned domains, BPMN to define business processes of both existing and planned domains, and use cases to define business requirements to the planned domain. The TFM is used to define functionality of both existing and planned domains. This paper discusses their capabilities to be used as complete CIMs with formally defined conformity between planned and existing domains.

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Applying a Model Driven Architecture Approach: Transforming CIM to PIM Using UML

International Journal of Online Engineering (iJOE) ◽

10.3991/ijoe.v14i09.9137 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (09) ◽

pp. 170

Author(s):

Oualid Betari ◽

Saida Filali ◽

Amine Azzaoui ◽

Mohamed Amine Boubnad

Keyword(s):

Business Process ◽

Business Processes ◽

Unified Modeling Language ◽

Specific Model ◽

Model Driven Architecture ◽

Levels Of Abstraction ◽

Model Driven ◽

Four Levels ◽

View Transformation ◽

Independent Model

Over the last few years, as they evolve with business needs and technology, enterprises are faced with the need to adapt their business processes to work in open settings. In such settings, the automation and the interoperability of business process and applications become a key concern. The Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is introduced as an approach to cope with this challenge. MDA specifies four levels of abstraction, most of the existing studies focus on modeling and transforming the Platform-Independent Model (PIM) to Platform-Specific Model (PSM) levels, while the more conceptual level, the Computation-Independent Model (CIM) is often presumed as present and is not further studied. In this paper, we propose an approach for transforming a CIM into a PIM using the core modeling concepts of the Unified Modeling Language (UML). One important characteristic of this approach is that it provides a method to capture and describe the requirements of the business process using a use cases model. The other important characteristic is proposing an architecture of the PIM based on the classes model. The execution of the transformation is programmed by the Query View Transformation (QVT) language.

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Model-Driven Engineering for Electronic Commerce

Advances in Systems Analysis, Software Engineering, and High Performance Computing - Progressions and Innovations in Model-Driven Software Engineering ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-4217-1.ch007 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 196-208 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Giovanny Mauricio Tarazona Bermúdez ◽

Luz Andrea Rodríguez Rojas

Keyword(s):

Electronic Commerce ◽

Business Processes ◽

Model Driven Engineering ◽

Model Driven Architecture ◽

Specific Process ◽

Model Driven

The chapter explores the development of a specific process e-Commerce metamodel for reuse and interoperability, which is proposed to obtain the taxonomy of e-business processes. It defines a specific ontology and semantics of independent processes platform. This is achieved with the help of the principles proposed by the Model Driven Engineering (MDE), specifically the proposal for the OMG, Model Driven Architecture (MDA), enabling it to minimize the time and effort required to create ecommerce solutions.

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